2022 Year-End Report

“We want you to know, brothers, about the grace of God …”

2 Corinthians 8:1

marking another year of God’s Faithfulness.

How did you experience the Lord’s faithfulness in 2022?

Let us know below.

Sorrow & Celebration

This apparent contradiction of lamenting yet growing has demonstrated the power of Jesus’ upside-down kingdom. That's because in all this we do not seek to glorify ourselves. Nor is our primary motivation our own well-being or the well-being of our neighbors. Rather, we've learned to give ourselves "first to the Lord and then by the will of God," to one another and others (2 Corinthians 8:5).

Reflecting on 2 Corinthians 8:1-15, Professor Blomberg writes, “the ultimate comparison is not the Macedonians’ generosity or any other human action but the incredible condescension of Jesus Christ in his incarnation.” When it comes
Loved this moment from the gathering yesterday. Sometimes the preacher needs a helping hand. 🥰 #OurPeople
Loving money gives us spiritual amnesia. When we build our lives on what we own (or what we want to own) we forget who we are, we forget our neighbors, and we forget God. This happened to a rich young man in Luke 10. Professor Craig Blomberg was thin
Our People! We wanna show some love to some awesome folks! During the past number of weeks and months, different teams of our people have been meeting to take care of our neighbors, think about a possible future location of our church, research what
Jesus was deeply concerned about our relationship with money and possessions. That’s because what we own has a way of owning us. Our money doesn’t simply sit in our accounts. Money romances our hearts, promising to bring us stability, ple
Human life is precious. Too often this preciousness is assumed. Yet, as is often the case, a truth assumed is a truth denied. Yesterday we witnessed yet another demonstration of this denial when forty Venezuelan migrants arrived at O'Hare airport fro
Jesus is the rightful heir of all things; everything in heaven and on earth belongs to him (see Colossians 1:16-20). Yet by his miraculous grace, he wrote a will. In that will Jesus has left what he alone owns and deserves to those who put their trus
Many authors write their endings first. They resolve every tension before any tension is created. In a very real sense, that’s what God has done with respect to our redemption—he wrote the ending first. While the first covenant is about t
Writer Anne Lamott quips, “I didn't need to understand the hypostatic unity of the Trinity; I just needed to turn my life over to whoever came up with redwood trees” (Plan B). To be sure, the nature of God is beyond our complete comprehen
“That indestructibility of hope might be the central and most radical claim of Easter — that three days after Jesus was killed, he returned to his disciples physically and that made all the difference. Easter, then, is a not metaphor for
“And the man of all sorrows, he never forgot / What sorrow is carried by the hearts that he bought / So when the questions dissolve into the silence of God / The aching may remain, but the breaking does not / The aching may remain, but the brea
“From beginning to end, the Holy Scriptures testify that the predicament of fallen humanity is so serious, so grave, so irremediable from within, that nothing short of divine intervention can rectify it.” - Fleming Rutledge Join us thi
Our brothers and sisters in Kenya have experienced little to no rain for three years. The ripple effect of this drought is difficult to comprehend. From migrating livestock to decreased market produce to sparse church gatherings, our friends are in t
Prevailing culture shifts and changes like the weather at sea. Like rocky waves, Paul warns us not to be “tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine” (Ephesians 4:14). One moment we’re pulled to call
Our Small People! What a beautiful gift and joy it is to be surrounded by so many children each Sunday. Hearing their laughs, cries, conversations and watching their interactions should give us great hope. Matthew recounted, “At that time th
Six bricks, if you will, constitute the substructure of life with God. It’s not an exhaustive list, but Paul highlights repentance (from sin), faith (in God), cleansing, prayer, resurrection, and judgment (v.1-2). These are the basics of the Ch
Our People! Membership is all about being a people. It’s about joining a people and identifying as a people. The Apostle Peter puts it beautifully when he writes, “But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people fo
Jesus learned “obedience through what he suffered” (v.8). Even though he is without flaw, he learned to trust God beyond his comfort when he “offered up prayers and supplications, with loud cries and tears” (v.7). What’s
Our People! Deacons are vital members of gospel life. In the early days of the Church when the widows of Greek-speaking Jews were “neglected in the daily distribution,” the apostles instituted the deacon team (Acts 6:1). Ever since, men